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Lancaster, New Hampshire

Community in Coos County, New Hampshire

Air quality

The air at Lancaster

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Grafton County (NH), 40 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lancaster

None in the last 24 hours; 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lancaster, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Lancaster, New HampshireReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lancaster, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

WhitefieldHIE

At an airfield/8.6 mi away/1,047 ft/187 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank245of 385

Hubbard BrookS2069

At a soil climate station/38.2 mi away/1,480 ft/620 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank204of 385

measured daily2 instruments

NorthumberlandNUMN3

At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/1,085 ft/225 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank381of 385

Station report

The weather at Whitefield, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.6 mi from Lancaster, New Hampshire. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,000 ft, overcast at 9,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Whitefield, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 9,500 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HIEFIG. A THE SKY OVER WHITEFIELDSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 9,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWhitefield, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HIETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HIE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 56 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Whitefield: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 33.0, 56 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HIEFIG. B THE AIR AT WHITEFIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 48.0 FDEW POINT 33.0 FSPREAD 15.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 56 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEWhitefield, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HIETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HIE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Whitefield, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HIEFIG. C THE WIND AT WHITEFIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWhitefield, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HIETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HIE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Whitefield, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Northumberland (NUMN3), 4.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Hampshire

25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Lancaster

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Lancaster

River and lake gauges